Wed, May 30, 2007
Handles Almost All Production Work On Current S-76
Czech
aircraft producer AERO Vodochody tells ANN it has completed and
delivered 150 helicopters for Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC)
since 2000. The anniversary 150th Sikorsky S-76 helicopter (s/n
760674) was delivered Wednesday.
"The volume of the S-76 Program production increases every year
by dozens of per cent, and although AERO is currently going through
a tough period of changes, we committed ourselves to deliver more
than by 30 % more units this year compared to the year 2006. The
increasing interest proves that SAC is satisfied with the quality
of our deliveries, which we are really pleased about," said company
president Peter Ondro.
AERO produces practically the whole Sikorsky S-76 helicopter
excluding dynamic parts and final interior installations. After
completing all works in AERO, the helicopters travel by truck to
Bremerhaven, Germany, from where they are transported by ship to
Stratford. SAC finalizes the helicopter at its headquarters in
Stratford, CT.
The S-76 Program is the largest production program in AERO, and
generates around 75 percent of the total revenue of the Company.
The Aerostructures Program also deals with deliveries for the
supersonic F/A-18 aircraft (gun bay door), Airbus (subassemblies
and parts for A320 and A340) and Boeing (fixed leading edge kits
for B767).
The first S-76 helicopter s/n 760515 was completed in AERO on
December 21, 2000 from assemblies delivered by SAC. AERO then
gradually overtook the whole production and today, more than 30
percent out of a total of 8,500 parts necessary for the helicopter
assembly are produced in-house. The rest of the parts are purchased
from approximately 200 subcontractors.
The Sikorsky S-76 helicopter was certified in 1976 and is used
mainly by companies transporting their employees to oil platforms,
and also in VIP and Emergency versions. Currently, the C++ version
is being produced.
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